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New York State
Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Program
Kimberly Durham
NYS Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Coordinator
Rescue Program Director
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation
Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Strandings 1980 through September 19, 2006
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Pinnipeds = 1,604 Cetaceans = 444 Sea Turtles = 1,136
Pinniped Strandings 1980 through September 19, 2006
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Pinniped Recoveries and Releases 1996 through September 19, 2006
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Stranding Response631-369-9829
Sampling ProtocolsLife History & Genetics
Trigonocotyle spp.
•Morphometrics
•Teeth and ear bones
•Genetics (blood, skin & muscle)
•Diet
•Fecal samples
•Reproductive Status
Nasitrema Ova
Overview of Sampling ProtocolsParameter Average Min Max
Glucose (mg/dl) 146 101 199
BUN (mg/dl) 49 29 64
Creatinine (mg/dl) 1.2 0.7 1.8
TP 57 6.3 701
Albumin (g/dl) 4.1 3.4 4.5
SGPT/ALT (U/l) 130 55 638
SGOT/AST (U/l) 618 68 3590
Calcium (mg/dl) 8.7 7.8 9.3
Phosphorus (mg/dl) 4.5 3.2 5.7
Sodium (mEq/l) 153 145 173
Potassium (mEq/l) 3.9 3.1 5.5
Chloride (mEq/l) 115 107 130
Globulin (g/dl) 3 2.6 3.7
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 16.7 13 20.2
Hematocrit (%) 46.3 37.4 53.4
WBC (thds/cmm) 7.1 5 15.4
RBC (mil/cmm) 4.8 4.02 5.84
Leukocytes 5834 3900 12782
Lymphs 958 504 1480
Eos 145 0 592
Blood Studies
Microbial Studies
Sampling ProtocolsContaminants and Biotoxins
•Contaminant sampling (liver, kidney, blubber)
•Biotoxin (stomach, liver, urine, feces, lung)
DiagnosticsSerology
Equine Encephalomyelitis
West Nile Virus
Leptospirosis
Morbillivirus (Canine, Phocine, Dolphin, and Porpoise Distemper Virus)
Brucella abortus
Present serum archive contains 1,845 samples from five pinniped species encountered in NYS
Plasma and RBC samples are collected from 4 species of Sea turtles
Serum archived from all cetaceans
Sample Archives•619 Samples from 20 different cetacean species ranging from 1986 to present (liver, kidney, lung, feces, muscle, skin, blubber, stomach contents, teeth, reproductive tracts, skeletal artifacts, baleen)
•289 Samples from four different species of sea turtles ranging from 1985 to present (adipose tissue, GI tracts, skeletal artifacts, skin, liver, kidney, muscle, feces)
•1,187 samples from five different pinniped species ranging from 1988 to present. (Over 52% represented by Phoca groenlandica)
Large Whale Strandings
1980-2006
Total number of 64 Large Whale Strandings Total number of 64 Large Whale Strandings
Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) 2
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) 5
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 15
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) 17
Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) 2
Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 13
Balaenopterid (Species Unknown) 10
North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total Number of two animals documented by the NYSMMST Stranding Program
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total Number of five animals documented by the NYSMMST Stranding Program
Physty Photo credit: James Callanan
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total Number of 15 animals documented
by the NYSMMST Stranding Program
Whale on vessel bow courtesy of NOAA Fisheries NE Science Center
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae )
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total Number of 18 animals documented by the NYSMMST Stranding Program
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae )
Human Interaction (Boat Strike & Entanglement)
Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total Number of two animals documented
by the NYSMMST Stranding Program
It’s all in the Genes……
North Atlantic Right Whale
The other cetacean strandings
•Total number of 380 cetacean strandings are composed of the “Other” species (1980 – 2006).
•Nine species are represented in the database
Common Dolphin
White-Beaked Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Striped Dolphin
Spotted Dolphin
Risso’s Dolphin
Pilot Whale
Harbor Porpoise
Pygmy Sperm Whale
The “Other” cetacean strandingsOf the 238 cetacean strandings reported to the program since 1997. Thirty cases have involved a live animal response.
•To date the RFMRP has release two rehabilitated cetaceans
•The RFMRP presently has the nation’s first Atlantic offshore bottlenose calf in house awaiting placement into a permanent care facility
Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Legal Status: State SC – Special Concern
Total Number of 125 animals documented
Sea Turtle Strandings 1996 through September 19, 2006
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Loggerhead Green Ridley Leatherback
Sea Turtle Strandings
Database: 1,172 Sea Turtle Reports
1996 – 2006 (Total of 409 reports)
Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) 75
Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) 88
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) 214
Atlantic Green (Chelonia mydas) 30
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total number of 67 reports (includes transfers) 1996-2006
Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Legal Status: Federal – Endangered / State – Endangered
Total number of 270 Reports (1980 – 2006)
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
Legal Status: Federal – Threatened / State – Threatened
Total number of 214 Reports (1996-2006)
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Legal Status: Federal – Threatened / State – Threatened
Total number of 30 Reports (1996-2006)
•Development of a NYS Whale Mortality Contingency Plan
•Development of Wildlife Response Contingency Plan for events such as Oil Spills
•Overall support of the NYS Stranding Program